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Definition of Load

Load A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load. The quantity which can be carried or drawn in some specified way; the contents of a cart, barrow, or vessel; that which will constitute a cargo; lading. That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care. A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, five quarters. The charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder. Weight or violence of blows. The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working. To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon. To adulterate or drug; as, to load wine. To magnetize. Related Definitions: Add, Adulterate, Anything, Article, As, At, Barrow, Be, Being, Borne, Burden, By, Can, Care, Cargo, Carried, Cart, Certain, Charge, Commonly, Constitute, Contents, Conveyance, Done, Drawn, Drug, Embarrass, Engine, Firearm, Five, For, Furnish, Gun, Hay, Heap, Heavy, Hence, Horse, In, Is, Lading, Laid, Lay, Load, Magnetize, May, Measure, Measured, Mind, Mover, Much, Of, On, One, Oppress, Or, Other, Particular, Powder, Prime, Put, Quantity, Ship, So, Some, Specifically, Specified, Steam, Sustained, That, The, Time, To, Upon, Used, Vessel, Violence, Way, Weight, When, Which, Will, Wine, With, Wood, Work, Working

Load Quotations The added work load of a degree has made me focus a lot more when I am in work. Benjamin Cohen It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. Lou Holtz Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered. Marilyn Monroe Well I forgot how different it was because I've been here for about four or five years. It's a big load off my shoulders now. Now that I'm there, I'm like, man, I can breathe a little bit, you know? Latrell Sprewell You don't really want to load up a whole lot, probably anything more than four hours before the race. I needed something to make me feel full, but I certainly didn't want it to make me feel stuffed. Eric Heiden

Load Translations load in Afrikaans is laai, belaai load in Dutch is laden load in Finnish is lasti load in French is chargement, fardeau load in German is aufladen, Last, Last, laden load in Italian is caricato load in Latin is sarcina, onus load in Norwegian is last, laste, lade, belastning load in Portuguese is carga load in Spanish is carga, ajobo, cargar

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